COMTO 2025 Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEDERAL PROGRAMS

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NEXTGEN PROGRAMS

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SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

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CONTACT INFORMATION

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LETTER FROM THE CEO

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ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

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MEMBERSHIP

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INDUSTRY PARTNERS

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EVENTS

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LETTER FROM THE CEO

Dear COMTO family, For the past 4 years, it has been a pleasure and privilege serving as your President & CEO. I am thankful for the visionaries who guided this organization for over 5 decades.

I carry on that great legacy with pride and purpose, while steering COMTO into the future and its endless possibilities.

2025 confirmed the strength of this organization and our network of chapters across North America. In a year of uncertainty impacting the transportation industry and non-profits nationwide, I am

APRIL RAI President & CEO

pleased to report COMTO experienced continued growth.

We gained four new industry partners, welcomed our 41st chapter, celebrated the most internship applications in our history, launched a new membership platform, and

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expanded our staff welcoming former

NEW INDUSTRY PARTNERS

USDOT Director Tyra Redus as COMTO’s first ever Deputy CEO.

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To our volunteers and chapter leaders, you

NEW CHAPTER

are the heartbeat of our organization. I am grateful for your passion and commitment to our mission. To our sponsors and partners, thank you for standing with us.

COMTO is not a temporary task force. We

4 NEW TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDING DEPUTY CEO

are an ocean undercurrent, driving change from the inside of this industry.

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ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW VISION To ensure transportation serves all by connecting stakeholders, developing leaders, and fostering an efficient multi-modal transportation ecosystem through training, advocacy, and partnerships.

MISSION To be the leading voice shaping a transportation network that is people centered, safe, resilient, innovative and a driver of economic prosperity.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2025 Income Comparison In 2025, COMTO navigated an unusually dynamic external environment affecting non-profit associations. These national shifts created uncertainty across the transportation industry impacting our major conference sponsorships and several membership categories.

Importantly, these trends were not driven by dissatisfaction with COMTO’s value or performance, but rather by industry-wide conservative funding decisions.

COMTO responded proactively and

2025 Expense Comparison

strategically, including investing in staff and reorganization where necessary, while keeping administrative expenses under control.

New Industry Partnerships were secured, and we are entering 2026 with a more focused brand narrative, a more diversified pipeline of supporters, and a stronger alignment with the needs of agencies, firms, and practitioners across all modes of transportation.

Clean Audit by JT. Goldstein, LLC “ STRONG FINANCIAL INTEGRITY AND ADHERENCE TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ”

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MEMBERSHIP OVERVIEW The COMTO family is strong and showed continued growth in 2025.

41st chapter, COMTO San Diego, established and COMTO Alabama relaunched.

Free transitional membership offered to 20 furloughed federal employees.

MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL MILESTONE - Launch of COMTO Connect, an interactive online platform designed to elevate the member experience.

With expanded membership, stronger chapter engagement, and a major digital transformation underway, COMTO ends 2025 on a trajectory of growth and innovation.

These accomplishments set the stage for deeper connections, increased member value, and continued advancement of our mission in 2026 and beyond.

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INDUSTRY PARTNERS

COMTO’s success and steadfastness in uncertain times garnered the trust and support of four new industry partners.

GFT Gold

STV Silver

HILL International Bronze

Mott MacDonald Bronze

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT

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EVENTS COMTO events continue to perform well. We sold out the Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation awards breakfast, executed a successful conference in New York, and held our first hybrid A View from The Hill legislative briefing.

14th Annual Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation May 21, 2025 Washington, D.C.

Attendees: 515

54th National Meeting & Training Conference July 12-15, 2025 New York City

Attendees: 958

A View from The Hill September 25, 2025 Washington, D.C.

Attendees: 120 In Person: 66 Virtual: 34 6

FEDERAL PROGRAMS COMTO continues to serve as a national capacity builder in the USDOT Thriving Communities Program helping 16 cities and towns nationwide advance their transportation and community development projects.

NETWORKED COMMUNITIES

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SITE VISITS COMPLETED

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RESIDENTS SERVED

4.2M Year 2 represents a decisive phase of the program centered on execution, delivery, and follow-through. Community priorities have been defined, partners engaged, and scopes of work already established.

The upcoming year focuses on completing the work that communities committed to undertake.

WATCH THE 2025 THRIVING COMMUNITIES YEAR IN REVIEW HERE: bit.ly/2025-TC-Recap

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NEXTGEN PROGRAMS COMTO CHAPTERS COLLECTIVELY AWARD CLOSE TO $500,000 ANNUALLY IN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS

$98,900 NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

33 STUDENTS

$225,500 CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIPS (13 REPORTING)

90 STUDENTS

85% INCREASE IN INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS

THE 2025 CITY INTERNS PARTICIPATED IN A PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE 54TH NATIONAL MEETING & TRAINING CONFERENCE 8

SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Social Media Followers

Followers vs Engagements

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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART From December 2021 – January 2026 COMTO grew from 3 staff to 20 staff over this period, an increase of nearly six-fold, representing approximately 567% growth.

Executive

VP & Directors

Managers

Associates

Departments Finance

External Affairs Administration

Stakeholder Engagement & Programs Federal Programs

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CONTACT US COMTO HQ PHONE

202-506-2917 EMAIL

info@comto.org

WEBSITE

www.comto.org ADDRESS

4121 Wilson Blvd Suite 901 Arlington, VA 22203

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